Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #1996 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Caroline
Liber:Folio JR C:27
Date of Will (Written) 10/31/1803
Probate Date 12/6/1803
Name of Deceased/Testator Christopher Driver
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract Dick to be free after 1/1/1809. Joe to be free after 1/1/1810. Harry to be free after 1/1/1811. Negro boy Stphen to be free after 1/1/1816. Negro boy James to be free after 1/1/1818. Negro man Pompey to be free after 1/1/1812. Negro boy Allen to be free after 1/1/1816. Negro boy Oriel to be free after 1/1/1818. Negro boy Adam to be free after 1/1/1820. Negro women Esther and Sarah to be free after 1/1/1814. Negro girls May and Bett to be free after 1/1/1816. Negro girl Maria to be free after 1/1/1819. Should any of the women or girls have issues before their freedom, they are to remain in servitude until their children arrive at the age of 3 and their children, if males are to serve until the age of 21 and females until the age of 18.

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